Um. Not so fast. It's easy to root for the Irish this season. Senior forward Luke Harangody, much like Tyler Hansbrough the year before, represents so much of what is great about college basketball. By all accounts he's a good kid, he's going to graduate, and when you see him play you feel confident he is truly maximizing his ability. When it is all said and done he has a chance to break nearly every Big East statistical record.
And still play in the NIT twice to close out his career.
I'm not trying to rain on the Irish parade, but take a closer look at their schedule so far. Out of those 13 wins, the best of the bunch are Providence and South Florida. Out of conference? UCLA (who is quality in name only), St. Louis, UCF, IUPUI? Maybe Idaho State? It is a pretty desolate list.
Two of the losses aren't great; Northwestern, who has a god ballclub but is likely 7th or 8th in the Big Ten at year's end and Loyola Marymount (both losses in South Bend). Their only true conference test was a double digit loss to UConn.
The next ten days will tell you all you need to know about the Irish's chances in 2010. Saturday the host West Virginia, next weekend they go to Cincinnati then host Syracuse. Go 0-3 there, and it's getting late real early this season for Irish fans.
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